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A regular feature in the GWSCSW newsletter, Out & About shares news about our members’ professional accomplishments - publications, speaking engagements, seminars, workshops, graduations -- and their volunteer projects, special interests and hobbies.
September 2005
At a reception and dinner held in her honor during the Annual Conference of the Smith College School for Social Work this summer, Audrey Thayer Walker was presented with the prestigious 2005 Day-Garrett Award for Distinguished Service to the School for Social Work and the Social Work Profession. Cited were her work as clinician, supervisor, faculty field advisor, community leader and teacher, and her “exceptional contributions to the field of social work practice and clinical social work education”.
Sheila Cahill will be presenting her paper, "Gaps, Splits and Fissures: The Varied Phenomenology of Dissociation" at the Bali Conference on Varieties of Dissociation from January 16-20. (http://www.baliconference.com)
Melinda Salzman, on her first foray into the peace education world, presented a workshop on using movement as an expressive modality in the grieving process at the International Institute on Peace Education, in Rhodes, Greece. The theme of this year's IIPE, sponsored by Teachers College, Columbia University, was "Educating for Peace through The Arts." She also led reflection groups throughout the weeklong conference.
Hani Miletski presented her research and book on bestialty and zoophilia at the World Congress of Sexual Health, which took place in Montreal in July.
Judy Ratliff this June became a class of 2005 graduate of Leadership Fairfax, a program that educates community leaders in the broader aspects of Fairfax County Government. Its mission: to develop, connect and inspire leaders to strengthen our communities.
Joel Kanter made a trip to Israel this summer, where he presented a talk on Clare Winnicott to a gathering of social workers in Jerusalem. For these men and women, so familiar with the trauma of war and family disruption, Clare
Winnicott's tales of her wartime work with evacuated children had a special resonance.
Marilyn Stickle was presented with the Elma Kahn Wolf Award for outstanding contributions to the field of social work at the annual Clinical Social Work Institute dinner in June. A past president of GWSCSW and founding member of CSWI, Marilyn was instrumental in gaining licensure and vendorship in DC.
Kate Scharff chaired a conference entitled "Sexuality in Contemporary Psychotherapy" on June 18th, co-sponsored by IPI Metro and the NASW Metro Chapter. She also presented a workshop, "Working with Families of High-Conflict Divorce: An Integrated Model", at the American Family Therapy Association/International Family Therapy Association Conference.